National YoungArts Foundation

The National YoungArts Foundation identifies and nurtures the most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts and assists them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development. YoungArts aspires to create a community of alumni that provides a lifetime of encouragement, opportunity and support.

Programs

National YoungArts Week

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Approximately 170 finalists are invited to participate in National YoungArts Week, the organization’s signature program held annually in Miami that aims to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and community while offering finalists the guidance needed to prepare for the next stage of their artistic development. During the intensive, weeklong and all-inclusive program, artists across 10 disciplines participate in master classes and workshops with internationally recognized leaders in their fields. Throughout the week, their work is further adjudicated for financial awards of up to $10,000. Finalists are also eligible for nomination as a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

YoungArts Regional Programs

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Modeled after National YoungArts Week, regional programs offer life-changing experiences, guidance and support to winners nationwide through interdisciplinary workshops, seminars and master classes with renowned leaders in their fields. Regional programs are open to winners from all award levels—Finalist, Honorable Mention and Merit—and take place in Miami, Los Angeles and New York, with opportunities to engage with local audiences in their communities.

BOARD

Mr. Richard Kohan

Board Chair

AFO, LLC

Mr. Armando M. Codina

Vice Chair

Codina Partners LLC

John J. Kauffman

Secretary

BDT & Company, LLC

Ms. Sarah S. Arison

Ms. Linda Coll

Director, Carnival Foundation & Carnival Corporation

Ms. Agnes Gund

Founding Trustee, Museum of Modern Art; Founder & Chair, Studio in a School

Mr. Marcus Sheridan

JP Morgan Private Bank

Ms. Zuzanna Szadkowski

Actor

Mr. John J. O'Neil

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Dr. Ronald C. McCurdy

Thornton School Of Music, University Of Southern California

STAFF

Ms. Carolina García Jayaram

CEO

Ms. Jewel Malone

COO

Ms. Stacey Glassman Mizener

Vice President of Development

Ms. Dejha Carrington

Vice President of External Relations & Communications

Ms. Lisa Leone

Vice President of Artistic Programs

Financials

This organization's financial statements were independently submitted and have not been verified by The Miami Foundation.

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